Murdoch's outlet: The New York Post

12/18/12 9:13 AM EST

It's looking increasingly unlikely that Fox News will ever fall into line with Rupert Murdoch's views on gun control. Gabe Sherman reported yesterday that David Clark, the executive producer in charge of Fox’s weekend coverage, had explicitly told producers not to talk about gun control on air, a directive that likely comes straight from Fox News president Roger Ailes.

But Murdoch, the chairman and CEO of News Corp, which owns Fox News, has another outlet: The New York Post. More than the Wall Street Journal, and certainly more than Fox, the opinion pages of the Post provide the nearest reflection of Murdoch's views on the gun control issue.

Has technology rendered the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution obsolete?

That is, has the application of modern military design to civilian firearms produced a class of weapons too dangerous to be in general circulation?

We say: Yes.

Rural conservatives who watch Fox News may be standing in staunch opposition to gun control laws, unwilling even to entertain the discussion, but the "urban conservative" view Murdoch advocates is strongly, even radically in favor of increased regulation.